Kostis & McCord – Off Their Rockers, with co-hosts Peter Kostis, one of the best teachers in the game, and Gary McCord, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour Champions. The two former broadcast partners have teamed up once again, this time to provide commentary, interviews, entertainment and swing help for golfers of all levels on their weekly show.
Episode 3, Peter and the Shark, features Peter telling an incredible story about his observation Saturday night in 1996 at the Masters. Even though Greg Norman had a 6 shot lead over Nick Faldo, Peter noticed that the grip change Norman made with Butch Harmon earlier in the week was beginning to revert back and that the Shark was showing some signs of a two way miss that proved to be costly! When Norman heard what Kostis thought he said off the record he went off!
Coach Kostis gives us 3 more rules to help our games and Peter and Gary interview Gene Parente of Golf Labs, the leading independent testing company in golf about the newly proposed USGA and R&A ball rollback.
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22 Comments
COR should be zero. No one should get a bonus because they can get more trampoline effect that someone else. It's not the USGA's problem if it's harder to make a clubhead without flex. Guess what. The club face would have to get thicker to eliminate the flex (thus heavier) and the club head would also get smaller which would also shrink the sweet spot.
Kostis should have gotten a raise for calling the last round of the 1996 Masters before the round started.
Spank the ball? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNE-qB8_r8g
Jack hit the ball 300+ when he wanted to in early-‘70s, I hit it over 300 in college in late 70’s, Jack was 30+ lbs over weight then, drank booze and smoked like a chimney then. These guys today eat and drink only what they are told to by their coaches, work out twice a day and use launch monitor to help them swing at best angle and hit it 320! Wonder why? Also, USGA and PGA come in months ahead of tournaments and make sure they can do everything to get 30+ yards of roll on average tee balls. Soften the fairways, reduce rollout with higher fairway grass and grow rough. Also, fairway bunkers should be raked with long teeth rakes so they are as much of a penalty as heavy rough instead of them having firm almost smooth surfaces. Ball is not a problem, nor is the equipment. Roll back clubs and balls and you will have half of Florida quit the game.
I love the technical discussions such as the ball roll-back – Good insight on these matters and they do matter! Thanks Peter and Gary!
13:54 … that is a great story. that would be really funny if Kostas got the call to announce LIV.
Love the show. Great storys.
36:01 … the game has never been better? I would argue that the game was better in the era of Ben Hogan … in the era of Jack Nicklaus in his prime … when Tiger was in his prime. There are no dominant players now…let me qualify that, there isn't a dominant player that is worth watching for my money. plus, the PGA Tour has been splintered with the advent of LIV. the top players in the game have no personality. they are dull. the tv commentating is dull. I think there were many times in the past when golf was in a much better place than it is in now. the only thing now that IS going to be interesting is seeing the LIV players compete at the Masters. that will be very interesting … hopefully. and on that subject of majors, as long as the majors allow the LIV players to compete then all is well. if the PGA Championship won't ever do it then they will cease to be a major. that's their problem. and as far as I am concerned, if any "OPEN" tournament will not allow ALL the best players to compete then they should not be considered a tournament of "major" importance.
I don't agree: I think people tune in to Majors for a reason.. To see the pros suffer. Grinding pros make it a lot more interesting than the constant barrage of birdies, which just makes you become numb at that point.. We want heroes stories like the guy who gets up and down to get in a playoff, etc.. We relate a lot more that way.
Enjoyed your podcast. Best of luck.
Love the stories, love Peter’s tips! Great stuff gentlemen!
Love the discussion guys , rough is the answer plus we need more trees not less .
Leave the ball alone and freeze the driver specs at current levels. It's like if someone from track and field wanted to slow runners "put a nail in their shoes". Solution searching for problem
The ball isn't allowing pro's to shoot lower scores – half of the fields is either even to over par.
The hotball issue. Is too technical. I want to know how far Rory or Rahm could hit a 90 compression Titleist balata ball with their driver.
I miss those two on CBS. For old times sake Peter needs to do some super slow mow swing analysis. The music, the slow mo, the authoritative breakdown. Get Konica Minolta as a sponsor!
Great idea with the graduated rough north to south. That could certainly help reign in distance. We all love the driveable par 4 in tournaments. Well I know I do. High risk high reward creates volatility. Volatility creates drama. All of that equals entertainment. Great stuff!!!!
USGA R+A refuse to make divots GUR. Bring back anchoring the long putter. Simplify the rules and shut up
Great discussion. Always follow the money and you will get the answer.
Have been a BIG fan of these two guys for many years. Just seeing McCord makes me smile
It's disturbing to see how these people like Parente justify their viewpoints without admitting they have financial interests in this issue. What he's saying without saying it is that his company's income directly correlates with ball improvement over time thru a continuous stream of testing by the OEM's – and he's worried that might be reduced. Fair enough, but just be honest and admit that. So many of the things he said are just laughable. The ball doesn't go any further now than it did in 2004??? Not sure I believe that, but even if that's true, you can't tell me that the combination of club/ball results in the same distance as 2004. Grow the rough? There's a whole list of reasons why that's a bad idea – ask any superintendent. Last time I checked, the USGA and R and A make the rules for this great game. They have determined that the ball needs to be rolled back – something Jack Nicklaus has advocated for as long as I can remember. This is a battle that will question the very structure of the game. Will the colossal money side, namely the OEM's, the tour and TV, buy a rewrite of how the game is governed? I sure hope not but we'll see.
Let's say, ball manufacturers tell the PGA, we're not changing the ball…..play what we make! Pretty sure the tour won't start making their own ball. If they did, someone would be designated to hand the player on the first tee the ball they'll be using, so the player isn't tempted to slip in a ball we use. Ball manufacturers will still make and advertise a ball for you and I, that goes farther. Like what was said, "the tour won't advertise something that spins more and goes shorter!"